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- This invention relates to the fabrication of metal parts by the direct metal deposition of a plurality of relatively thin layers on an underlying substrate, and more particularly to such a system which controls the deposition power used in forming a layer based on parameters generated during the formation of previous layers.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,960 relates to a method and apparatus for forming articles from materials in particulate form.
- the materials are melted by a laser beam and deposited at points along a tool path to form an article of the desired shape and dimensions.
- the tool path and other parameters of the deposition process are established using computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques.
- a controller comprised of a digital computer directs movement of a deposition zone along the tool path and provides control signals to adjust apparatus functions, such as the speed at which a deposition head which delivers the laser beam and powder to the deposition zone moves along the tool path.
- this DMD system is equipped with feedback monitoring to control the dimensions and overall geometry of the fabricated article in accordance with a computer-aided design (CAD) description.
- the deposition tool path is generated by a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system for CNC machining, with post-processing software for deposition, instead of software for removal as in conventional CNC machining.
- CAM computer-aided manufacturing
- Such feedback controlled systems may totally eliminate intermediate machining and reduce final machining considerably.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,518,541 discloses a direct metal deposition system employing a laser having an on/off duty cycle and means for controlling the process parameters through feedback to maintain the duty cycle within a desired range.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,459,951 relates to a DMD system employing feedback control of the system parameters to maintain a constant well pool as the deposition progresses on a particular layer.
- the present invention is directed toward a multi-layer deposition process which employs feedback control and an adaptive system to control the laser power used during formation of a layer based on parameters sensed during the formation of previous layers.
- the present invention is directed toward an adaptive, closed loop system in which the weld pool size or temperature is sensed using a video image, or alternatively a pyrometer, and the sensed value is provided to a numerical processor which adjusts the process laser power for each layer.
- the adjustment algorithm operates to maintain the same pool size or temperature at a particular point in each layer as the size or temperature of that point in underlying layers.
- this laser power feedback mechanism is not employed during the deposition of the first layer overlying the substrate since the thermal conduction conditions and accordingly the pool temperature for that layer will differ substantially from those values for subsequently deposited layers.
- a number of test point coordinates are selected along the layer surface. The number of test points considered depends on the area of deposition, the part geometry, and the processing speed of the CPU running the algorithm.
- the pool size or temperature for each test point is sensed and stored. This layer may be termed the “Golden Layer” since the values for the pool size or temperature measured at each test point during the deposition of this layer are considered the target values for the deposition parameters at corresponding test point coordinates in subsequently deposition layers.
- the weld pool image is captured at different test points during deposition of the Golden Layer using CCD cameras and each test point's well pool size is determined by analysis of the images.
- the values stored for each test point are then categorized as low, medium or high points according to the difference between the individual pool sizes.
- a two-dimensional “Range Matrix” is then created for the values at each test point using the difference between the high and the low points image size.
- the next layer is deposited and test point weld pool images are captured.
- the image size matrix for this layer is calculated and compared with the matrix for the previous layer to calculate a “Layer Weight” matrix.
- that layer's image size matrix is compared to the Golden Layer image size matrix and the difference calculated.
- the difference in size is used with the Range matrix and corresponding weight value selected from the layer weight matrix for each test point and a layer correction test point weight matrix is established. By applying that matrix to the Golden Layer laser power, a new laser power value is calculated for the next deposition layer. This process is repeated for each subsequent layer.
- the pool size for a particular X-Y point on a layer is controlled to best approximate the pool size for that point on the Golden Layer.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a direct metal deposition system for the practice of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a view of a typical part which may be formed by the method and apparatus of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a preferred method of operation of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a chart of the algorithms used in the preferred embodiment of the invention.
- a preferred embodiment of the invention employs a head 10 consisting of a power laser and gas propelled metal powder dispenser to produce a weld pool 14 at a point on a substrate 12 .
- This apparatus is of the type employed in the prior art such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,122,564. Wire may be fed into the laser beam as an alternative to dispensing powder and an electron beam may be used as an alternative to the laser beam.
- laser and “powder” as used hereinafter should be considered to include these alternatives.
- the substrate 12 is moved relative to the head 10 by a CNC controller 16 over a programmed path so that the weld pool follows the path along the substrate so as to create a metallic layer on the substrate.
- a pair of CCD cameras 18 and 20 are supported on the machine worktable so as to generate images of the weld pool 14 from two opposed sides. This is necessary in case the weld pool is formed in such a way as to block the view from one of the cameras.
- the weld pool temperature could be measured by one or more pyrometers.
- the weld pool size and temperature are closely related to one another.
- the outputs of the cameras 18 and 20 are provided to a video processing card 22 which uses video processing software 24 to perform the operations which will be hereinafter described.
- An interface driver 26 couples the video processing software 24 to the CNC software 28 which provides drive signals to the CNC controller 16 and through line 30 sends a power control signal to the laser within the head 10 .
- FIG. 2 illustrates a typical workpiece generally indicated at 32 , which includes an underlying metallic substrate 34 with a DMD deposited section 36 formed by a plurality of layers on its upper surface.
- a typical workpiece generally indicated at 32
- the substrate 34 As the initial layers of the deposited volume 36 are formed, much of the thermal energy of the laser goes to heating the underlying metallic substrate 34 . As the deposition continues, the substrate reaches a maximum temperature and thereafter additional laser power goes to melting the powdered metal in previously deposited areas. If constant laser power were applied to each area, the weld pool size would begin to grow as the substrate 34 heats up producing an irregular deposition pattern. The present invention compensates for this phenomenon.
- the broad method of the present invention is to choose initial laser power based on conventional empirical considerations and deposit at least the first two layers of the section 36 .
- the second layer or alternatively a higher layer, such as the third layer, depending upon the metallurgy of the substrate 34 in the deposited segment 36
- measurements will be made of the weld pool size at selected coordinates as the deposition progresses. These values are stored in video processing software 24 .
- measurements will be made of the weld size at the same selected coordinates as successive layers are formed and the measurements of weld size at a particular layer will be processed in connection with the stored matrices representing the weld sizes at previous layers to determine a suitable laser power for use in the deposition of the next layer.
- These power adjustments from layer to layer are broadly intended to compensate for effects of heating of the substrate on the weld pool size.
- the weld pool image is the basic input for the control system and contains temperature information relating to the weld pool.
- Weld pool temperature information is extracted from the weld pool image by determining the image brightness level and its area and is called “weld pool size.”
- weld pool size is controlled and hence the weld pool temperature, thus making a closed-loop feedback system.
- the system is made self-learning or adaptive by applying the previous layer image information to future layer laser power corrections.
- Each selected coordinate of the deposition geometry of each layer is considered a separate Test Point.
- Each Test Point coordinate may have a different image size due to the geometry constraints.
- Weld pool image size for a point on a flat surface may be different from a point on an inclined surface. Also, even on a flat surface, a weld pool image size for a compressed tool-path section will be different from an edge coordinate's weld pool image size.
- the adaptive closed-loop weld pool temperature control system design considers all of the above situations to make it robust.
- FIG. 3 illustrates the control flow of the preferred embodiment of the adaptive closed-loop weld pool temperature control system.
- the operator enters initialization information. These include Test Point coordinates on the part geometry. The number of Test Points considered depends on the area of deposition and processing speed of the CPU running the algorithm. On a relatively large, flat part, the Test Point coordinates can be fairly widely spaced while changes in the contour of the part require closer spacing of the coordinates.
- MIN and MAX represent the coordinates of the beginning and ending Test Points. INC represents the increment between Test Points. KCON is a control system constant relating to the matrix values. PWR 1 is the initial laser power.
- the first layer is deposited via inbox 52 . This is the layer in direct contact with the substrate 34 and no pool size measurements are made during its deposition.
- the second layer is deposited and the weld pool image is calculated at the Test Point coordinates during this deposition.
- This layer is called the “Golden Layer” since the information collected during this layer is considered as the optimal solution to corresponding Test Point coordinates in future layers.
- the temperature of the substrate during the deposition of the Golden Layer is considered to be at its minimal when compared with the substrate temperature in future layers. So this layer is considered as the best deposition layer.
- the weld point image is captured at the different Test Points using the CCD cameras 18 and 20 and each point's weld pool size is determined by the video processing software 24 .
- Golden Layer Test Point weld pool image sizes are compared with each other and Test Points are categorized as LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH points according to the difference in individual size. This is done in boxes 54 and 56 .
- a RANGE matrix is created for layer one, the Golden Layer.
- the RANGE matrix is created for LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH points, using the difference between the high and low points image size.
- the LOW points RANGE matrix will have shorter value distribution when compared to HIGH points RANGE matrix distribution.
- the next layer is deposited without changing the laser power and Test Point weld pool images are captured.
- the weld pool size matrix is calculated as previously and this layer's image size matrix is compared with the previous layer image size matrix and wl 2a is calculated using the equation set forth in FIG. 4 . This is all illustrated in blocks 60 and 62 of FIG. 3 .
- the layer number two image size matrix is compared with a Golden Layer image size matrix and the difference is calculated.
- the difference in size is used with RANGE matrix and corresponding weight values selected from wl 2a for every Test Point and wt 2p is created using the equation for step three set forth in FIG. 4 .
- a new laser power value is calculated.
- the new laser power is set at the laser generator 10 through an analog signal link. This is illustrated in block 66 .
- the process of blocks 60 , 62 , 64 and 66 is repeated for subsequent layers until the last layer is complete and the part is completed.
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